2010-09-01
2010-09-30
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invasion that left jennifer hawke-petit and daughters haley and michaela dead. that followed a week of chill i video of jennifer's last minutes alive. and grueling testimony of william petit, the lone survivor. >> we have a lot of support. like to thank friends and people from all over the state and the country for their notes and texts and e-mails. they've been very supportive. >> reporter: petit addressed reporters outside court. >> we're happy with the way the prosecution is presenting its case and things are moving along at a reasonable pace. >> reporter: the prosecution's case turned to photographs of the petit's torched home that told the tale of torture and murder. cynthia is jennifer's sister. >> we have lived with this for over three years and we did walk through the house a long time ago so those images really stay in your mind even though they wish they could leave. >> reporter: pictures of fire ravaged bedrooms, cords still tied to bed posts that prosecutors say were used to restrain the petit daughters, both girls died of smoke inhalation. >> what that does is really pu

and jennifer. >> the outpouring of love that everybody showed and the families, everybody wants to be here and be a part of it. >> reporter: they had schedule scheduled a fundraiser for today supporting brain cancer research. jennifer's mother died of it. >> then the explosion happened and we decided we needed to rally together. >> reporter: they say in such a small community many people have ties to the devastated neighborhood either director through friends. >> you know my house was up there that i grew up and this those are all my neighbors,. >> reporter: they say all of the money raised will be given to the san bruno fire victims to help them rebuild. >> you know the pain is still there. a lot of people still sorting through their lives. >> reporter: a state senator attended the fundraiser and has pending legislation that extends state tax exception u.s. es to homeowners who lost their house in the fire. >> i feel particularly bad for those individuals who are kind of right in the middle of -- they don't loose it totally but they aren't green tagged so they are sort of in that neve

a second language. jennifer mistrot shows us a new program in fremont that's getting kindergarteners speaking mandarin. [ mandarin ] >>> reporter: this is the second day of miss wang's kindergarten class. the kids are jazzed. they are learning the world's most spoken language. it's the first year of the fremont school district's mandarin immersion program. >> in a nutshell, they are going to learn the culture. they are going to learn the language. and they are going to be educated in all the same standards. >> reporter: same course work any other california kindergartener gets except they will spend 90% of their classroom time counting, singing and speaking chinese. these mini language wizards are chosen by lottery and come from classes throughout the district. the goal is to create bilingual citizens. >> we're mexican and italian and just very mixed american family so as far as her knowing mandarin or knowing chinese culture i thought that was something else just to expose her two. >> reporter: most of the kids have at least one chinese parent but english is still the first language

passed. then, he heard his wife, jennifer. i heard her say that she would need to get dressed. and need to get her purse and checkbook to get to the bank. hayes drove jennifer to the bank. petrified, she told the teller, she needed to withdraw $15,000. police say hayes and petit returned home where she was sexually assaulted. the girls were tied to their beds. petit said he may have heard the men's voices and moaning. someone said, are you all right? it's going to be all over in a couple of minutes. it was a different tone. it was much more sinister. i felt a jolt of adrenaline. and thought it's now or never in my mind. at that moment, i thought they were going to shoot all of us. petit managed to get his hands untied, but not his feet. i hopped up to the stairs. got to the top and fell. still pound, petit literally rolled to a neighbor's house. his wife and daughters died after the suspects set the home on fire. the men were caught later by police while driving the family's minivan. the defense chose not to cross-examine dr. petit. >> to question him would be disastrous for the hearts

stuff. we're going to do that with rebecca jarvis, dr. jennifer ashton and jennifer hartstein here as well in just a few minutes. >>> also ahead this morning, if you're moving long distance, ever done it, you know it is a nightmare, but it can be more than that. it can be a scam. one price on the phone, when the truck shows up, they double or triple the price. susan koeppen will tell us a mover who did that from noin fr our hidden cameras. we'll talk about that. >> now to the newsdesk. >> good morning, everyone. >>> southern florida is on flood alert. a soaking tropical depression making it's way up the coffee at 35 miles per hour. our miami station wfor joins us with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. in south florida, they're getting quite the soaking. myself, i'm actually wading in ankle-deep water. we're here on miami beach. when you have the constant do downpours the concern is flooding. that is what is giving motorists quite a bit of trouble making their way through. of course, that's something to be cautious about. in preparation for this storm, wate

stepfather several times and will not face criminal charges. , -- >>> and we will tell you how jennifer lopez will soon shape the careers of rising stars. south of laredo, there's a place... so hot, rattlesnakes combust. ♪ but we go, cause ya gotta eat bold. [ male announcer subway fiery footlong subs. the bold-acious new turkey jalapeño melt and buffalo chicken. subway. eat bold! >>> 6:55. let's go to tori with the latest. >> coming up, the search for the missing man connected to the killing rampage is taking a new direction. plus, what triggered the attacks on missing man and his dead father. >>> a boat has been stuck in the water off salinas county all night with four adults and three children on board. we will find out why it is hard to rescue them and what the coast guard is doing to help them. >>> big changes are coming to the san carlos police department. those stories and more coming up. >>> thank you. a 14-year-old boy will not face charges after stabbing his father. there was evidence the boy was forced to do it to stop his stepfather from attacking his mother. this comes f

. should jennifer lopez make a major career change? it's not back-to-school, it's forward to what's next with an hp netbook, samsung reality or lg cosmos for under $20 after rebate. >>> welcome back to the morning news. a 13-year-old boy arrested for repeatedly stabbing his stepfather will not face criminal charges. the da's office has uncovered evidence that he took violent action to stop his stepfather from attacking his mother. this happened in the small town of cavallia two weeks ago. >>> one of the youngest actresses in "gone with the wind" has died in mendicino county. she played the daughter of rhett butler and scarlett o'hara. she died of cancer at her home in fort bragg. she was 76 years old. >>> a review of the smart meters for pacific gas and electric was found to be full of irregularities. >>> there is a new study that suggests if you take drugs to strengthen your bones, you could get throat cancer. that contradicts the database of 80,000 patients. the new study says 2 out of 1,000 patients who take the drugs develop throat cancer. the early study showed 1 out of 1,000 patie

it. you have a 50/50 chance of being infected. jennifer isn't worried. so it wouldn't stop you? >> no. it wouldn't stop me, no. unless i had a big huge thing in my arm then i would stop. >> reporter: it's the only place in california where the japanese bubble snail is found. if you got the rash while swimming at crown beach, there is not a lot you can do about it. but wait a few days and it will be gone. at crown beach, don ford, cbs 5. >>> a new approach to helping struggling home owners, that's in two minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, the agency is one of three in th s trying out >>> caltrain is experimenting with a new plan to cut down on suicides. the agency is one of three in the country trying out these new signs. they are on a 10-mile stretch between menlo park and mountain view. the difference with these signs is that the phone numbers do not spell out the words like help or suicide. >> it isn't necessarily easy to find the word help on a cell phone when it hasn't got the letters ton. >> the number and type of calls will be tracked. this will be the first time in the united st

and plantains. jennifer mistrot tonight on how those merchants say this is all just part of doing business. >> reporter: california is known as land of the fruits and the nuts. we love our produce. we just forget to pay for it sometimes. >> mango or banana. [ speaking spanish ] >> all the different fruits out here people just take them. they steal them. >> reporter: food stands like lucky pork market are the colorful backbone of the mission. they are tempting to thieves. >> i don't know how he grabs the watermelons but he steals it. >> reporter: he tells me he frequently sees people steal fruit from his produce stand. he says the total dollar amount exceeds about $20 a day. >> i mean, i won't do it personally. i think i'm honest. >> reporter: shop owners say most of their customers are honest. still, some merchants do install mirrors and other devices to curb the theft. still, there are times they admit that they do just simply look the other way. >> they're hungry and then the only people who is going to do it is the people who probably need it. >> reporter: and that's why for the most pa

we're hearing tonight about the possibility jennifer lopez could join american idol. >>> tmz is reporting that jennifer lopez is close to becoming a new judge on a fox television show american idol. the actress/musician is in the final steps of contract tpe negotiations. the deal could be finalized by next week. idol is going through several changes with the departure of cawell and degeneres decision to leave after just one season. >>> and the biggest rip off laughable. charging real life practice to watch practice football. evidence on both sides of the bay that fans are a little fed up about the four preseason games. the chargers come in to face the niners. don't suspend injuries and let the guys in the bubble fight for a job. an anthony dixon looks like he has one. and that touchdown, a 46 of them 7-0 niners. manny lawson with that huge wingspan of his, winds up with a pick right there returns it 26 yards and sets up a field goal. but the niners need nate davis to come in late to lead a drive. 17-14 niners, here's coach singleton with the assessment. >> i mean we're smart

where residents were preparing for a direct hit. jennifer davis reports. >> reporter: the east coast braced for a blowout, but earl just blew on by. cape cod woke up tie gorgeous day and now it's time to get back to business as unusual. earl weakening from a mighty hurricane to a tropical storm, still bringing with it plenty of wind and waves, but not nearly enough to bother weather- warned new englanders used to rougher weather. >> it's okay. >> reporter: did you notice it? >> not really. there were thunderstorms worse than that. >> reporter: signs came down in preparation for what could have been a serious blast with hurricane-force wind and rain burb those same signs are going back up and business owners hope it could be an economic viable labor day weekend. >> this was a nothing storm, as you might think. we have regular windy days here that are 50 miles per hour winds, southwesterly, not northeasterly, but this was a real bust. >> reporter: massachusetts suffered a few hundred power outages and flooding in low laying areas, but no major damage reports. what is now tropical st

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that will take several weeks, far shorter than the need for help say fundraiser organizers holly and jennifer. >> the out pouring of love that everyone has contributed to this event and everyone showing up. the families and everyone wants to be here and be a part of it. >> reporter: they had scheduled a fundraiser for today supporting brain cancer research. jennifer's mother died of the disease. but those plans changed. >> and then the explosion happened. and we decided we needed to rally together. >> reporter: they say in such a small community many people have ties to the devastated neighborhood either direct or through friends. >> you know, my house was up there that i grew up in for 20 years. those are all of my neighbors. those are my people. >> reporter: all of the money raised at the day-long event will be given to the sanbruno fire victims to help them rebuild. >> you know, the pain is still there. i mean, the fact that there are still a lot of individuals are just still sorting through their lives. >> reporter: state senator ye has attended the fundraiser and has asked for state home

, on ""dancing with the stars." and we hear a shocking revelation from jennifer grey. you'll hear from both of them this morning, right here. ♪ shake shake >> yeah, talk about revelations. how often do you hear someone say "dancing with the stars" saved their life? >> that's a first. >> we'll get to that later in the broadcast. >>> first, a lot of big stories coming up. starting with the latest change at the white house. president obama's top aide, his chief of staff, set to announce he's leaving, likely at the end of the week. family considerations prevents a final decision. >>> also, there's news out of pakistan, where the cia is intensifying a bombing campaign against the taliban. 20 drone strikes in the month of september. the most of any month this year. this comes as there's new reports of increased terrorism threats against europe. we'll talk about this with bob woodward. he's the author of "obama's war." that goes inside the white house war room. he'll join us live this morning. >> i know you're looking forward to sitting down with him. >>> also, a new government study out this mo

home owners jittery about some potential scams. jennifer mistrot about how neighbors can make sure that contractors spotted in the area are supposed to be there. >>> reporter: the residents of this san bruno neighborhood evacuated after last week's gas explosion are back in their homes. they have been greeted by signs, warning about contractor fraud. >> you know, when they first approached me, i was a little leary because they were anxious to get in and started cleaning. >> reporter: he lives near the blast site. he thinks his house sustained minimal damage. but inside reeks of smoke so everything needs to be washed from the walls right down to the dishes in his kitchen cupboard. it's a big job. >> i'm sort of consistently asking the policemen, hey, what are the rules and regulations of letting people in? because they are not letting a lot of people in. so since these restoration and cleaning folks have been let in, does that mean they're on the up and up? >> i was in the neighborhood today and -- >> reporter: pg&e wants to make sure all contractors working to restore this neighbor

zone. jennifer mistrot reports the company says it was dropped even though it sent spies out to catch a worker who was drawing complaints. >> these are all fresh cracks. new cracks in the stucco that be runs along the bottom of the house. >> scott bush man's fire damaged home is still standing even though he lives within pitching disanswer of the blast zone. an employee from contractor serve pro came by and did a walk-through of scott's house. >> and then he was going to schedule a cleaning for friday morning. he never showed up, never showed up, never showed up, probably about 2:00 i called and they said "we're no longer an authorized vendor for pg&e. >> reporter: it turns out pg&e has knocked the water and fire clean up specialists off its list of authorized contractors. after customers complained about who serve pro had knocking at their front door. >> we sent people out spying, you know, standing in back of trees, watching this guy. >> reporter: franchise owner clayton berry says the complaints stem from the action of one individual he brought into help out in the busy days after

's daughter, brist oo l, placed in the middle of the pack. jennifer gray is at the top of the leader board with 24 out of 30 points. >> i'm sure she can dance. hasselhoff is good at running in slow motion on the beach, but not dancing. >> that was more of the pamela anderson shot. as i recall in the program that was more of what was going on. >> a gross miscarriage of justice. the hoff was not treated with the proper respect. >> i don't know, larry. >> you are the one that defended the waz a few years ago. it is all mistaken identity. where will the giants be without busty posey? they would not be in first place. the man who has that you rust himself into the rookie of the year contrororororororororororoo >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> the giants are clinging to first place by the narrowest of margins leading the west by just a half game. they come up with one whole run in chicago and make that stand up. she has her glove. she is ready for baseball. matt cane shut out some solid d in the second evening. jose guillen not afraid of poison ivy. he is in th

. >> bristol scored 22 points out of 30. jennifer gray topped the leader board with the most points and at the bottom singer michael bolton. you can watch tonight's show at 9 p.m. abc 7. >> the show is so -- >> i love it! >> michael nicco having fun checking those temperatures. >> hot already. talking nearing records in some areas as we speak and it's only 11:20. only a couple more hours of warming to go. emeryville back at some visitors. cruise ship there as we look back to san francisco. selling t-shirts down pier 39. not sweatshirts today. talk about those temperatures. half moon bay. one more shot of santa cruz at the boardwalk. yeah, i bet that's going to get rather busy later on as we try to stay cool there, too as temperatures near the mid-90s once again. the sea breeze, a little is kicking i have at half moon bay at 64. mid to upper 70s san rafael and redwood city. low to mid-80s and upper 80s concord and fairfield. around the monterey bay, 79, santa cruz. monterey 73. today could be hotter than yesterday. it will be sunny and hot and poor air quality, just all three of them

. dow jones down just about 12 points right now. >> all right, remember jennifer lopez? we have been talking about her -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- help discover the next american idol. >> and we will have the high- tech news everybody is -- [ inaudible ] >>> it is 6:56. let's go to tori to see what is coming up on mornings on 2. good morning. >> good morning. in minutes we are getting new details on the investigation into the san bruno explosion, including the search into whether reports of a gas smell were made in the days and weeks before the tragedy. >>> cal graduate sarah shourd is enjoying her first day of freedom after over a year of captivity. find out the challenge the u.s. state department is issuing to iran via twitter about her two companions. >>> tea party candidates score big primary wins but many republicans are not happy. we will find out why in the live report from washington, dc. >>> and the new study out this morning shows some big changes in how americans define a family. those stories and more on mornings on 2. now back to you on the morning news

. jennifer lynn schneider rejected that. >> if you shoplift a leather jacket and it's less theft because the security guy gets the jacket back? >> reporter: the da arguing that they should not be allowed to post money they got from the city. the da did sign off for ortega and cole. the other six appeared in a second courtroom this afternoon where their attorneys argued they have strong ties to bell and will return to court. >> there is, as far as i'm concerned, a real possibility or probability of flight and a real probability that a particular defendant will not appear at any future proceedings. >> that was patrick healy reporting. the next meeting is in two weeks. >>> the owners of iowa egg farms were on the hot seat on capitol hill today. the house energy and commerce subcommittee want to know why conditions were so bad at those farms. the investigation targets white county egg. several of the 1600 who got sick testified about how awful they felt, but the owner of one of the farms refused to answer questions questions. >> too much manure. it's flowing out of your building. you got cra

be a reason why men and women are so different. and our dr. jennifer ashton will be along to explain. >> sorry. >>> also coming up -- he is closing in on 80 years of age, but william shatner has just become captain of a new enterprise. >> clever. >> very funny. i didn't write it but i'll take credit for it. a funny sitcom called "bleep my dad says" and he'll tell us all about that in a bit. >>> 8:01. time to take you back inside to erica hill at the newsdesk. >> good morning everyone at home. a new book by bob woodward painting a serious series of conflict in the obama white house. all over strategy for the war in afghanistan. according to the "washington post," the book "obama's wars" the president has a plan for how we're going to hand it off and get out of afghanistan. he never got one. finally decided on a short-term escalation involving 30,000 american troops saying, i'm not doing ten year, long-term nation building. i am not sending $1 trillion. >>> and court resumes in connecticut in the brutal triple murder case. betty nguyen has been covering it and joins us from new haven with the la

. >> reporter: in this newly released surveillance video, a clear picture, the final picture of jennifer hawke-petit, less than an hour before her death. prosecutors say petit was at a local bank withdrawing $15,000 and calmly told the bank teller her entire family was being held hostage at home. she needed the money for ransom. at 9:21 a.m., with jennifer still in the bank, the manager made a chilling call to 911. >> we have a lady, who is in our bank right now, who says that her husband and children are being held at their house, that the police are told they will kill the children and the husband. she says they are being very nice, they have their faces covered. she is petrified. >> reporter: with two reason, these two men, steven hayes and joshua come come were terrorizing the family, beating dr. petit with a baseball bat and tying him to this pole in the basement. his two daughters were tied to their beds upstairs, all tortured overnight until the sun came up and the bank opened up. >> they're tied up, she said. she's taking $15,000 out of her credit line. they told her they wouldn't hurt

conversations] >> a look ahead at the midterm elections as charlie cook joins senate editor jennifer duffy. they talk about the congressional and gubernatorial races. beginning at 8 eastern. the senate california race with the first debate between barbara boxer and republican candidates carly fiorina. >> there is nothing about finance that is like a rocket science. this is the most frustrating thing. the biggest ponzi scheme for wall street is telling someone who has worked really hard to earn about that they are not smart enough to understand how that is going to be invested. >> meredith whitney was the first to predict losses for lehman brothers. she's our guest on "q&a". >> the president spoke today in the rose garden after the august jobs report came out. >> good morning, everybody. as we head into liberty weekend, i know many people across this country are concerned about what the future holds for themselves and their families and for the economy as a whole. there is no quick fix for the worst recession we have experienced since the great depression. the truth is it took years to crea

cans to improve your stress and balance like our dr. jennifer ashton is demonstrating. we're going to talk to her ahead about what else you can do. >> also ahead this morning, it took years for society to slowly isolate or ban smokers from restaurants, right, and from airplanes. now it's sort of, you would never expect to see a smoker in there, right? some people are equating families with small children, misbehaving children, not our children, maggie. >> of course not. >> as the new smokers. the new sort of persona non grata would be the screaming child in a restaurant. a lot of people might agree with it. but should they be banned from public places or even from airplanes as some people have suggested. >> or have a separate section. >> that has been another theory. we're going to talk about that this morning with our dr. jennifer hartstein who is here with some tips for all of us to live a little more peacefully together. >> i see dave nod being emphatically. if they were banning your dog wally who you take everywhere would you be as excited about this? >> first of all, wally doe

the numbers. >>> also, the new titles that jennifer lopez it reportedly now add to her resume. wi totr wco l wcotiitt fow tewe >>> authorities have identified the man killed yesterday in a fishing bone accident in the san francisco bay. investigators say roland reed died after his boat slammed into the rocks near the richmond marina. the 71-year-old richmond man was a passenger on this boat. he had gone out fishing with three of his friends. investigators say they were not wearing life jackets. still not clear what caused the crash. >>> a 29-year-old san francisco man is due in court today. he will be facing charges in a deadly crash in the city's richmond district over the weekend. prosecutors say william rojas will be charged with vehicular manslaughter driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license. police say rojas ran a stop sign in his suv at cabrio and 40th avenue and hit another car. a 65-year-old woman who was a passenger in that other car was killed. >>> new data shows foreclosure situation is getting a bit better in the south bay and peninsula. 795,000 santa clara

were revealing and sgushing. the latest testimony about the murder of jennifer, michaela and hayly petit paints the picture of a simply robbery having gone one. wednesday a detective gave a gripping account by defendant steven hayes who recounts how things, quote, got quickly out of control. >> this is very powerful testimony because these are the words of the defendant himself as to the savagery that these two imposed on this family. >> reporter: hayes told police his accomplice joshua komisarjevsky entered the petit home through an unlocked door and beat william petit with a baseball bat. petit, the only survivor spoke outside court. >> this is a painful day for the hawke and petit families and i think everybody saw that. >> reporter: the explanation of the rapes that was most chilling. hayes says he escorted jennifer hawke-petit to the bank where she withdrew $15 nouz and when they returned ckomisarjevsky ha already assaulted michaela. the mother was later strangled to death. >> hayes is trying to point to his co-defendant saying he was the bad guy, the worst one. >> reporter: j

dr. jennifer hartstein she's a child and adolescent psychologist. >> good morning. >> 400% increase in the last 10 years. why do you think it's been so dramatic? >> it's an incredibly huge increase. i think there's ease of use. >> easy access like the girl said. >> it's in your house, your medicine cabinet. you don't have to seek it out. you can hide it more. the signs aren't there, so the parents can know what you're doing. >> what's also scary, kids are younger and younger. kids as young as 12 years old doing that. >> 12 and older. >> if your kid smokes you can smell the smoke. if your kid drinks you can see they are drunk. if they abuse prescription drugs, how can you tell? >> it's harder. talking about feeling hot, maybe they are nauseous eyes are red, nose running, lethargic, trouble in school. some of the signs are the same. it's much harder to look for. you have to look in your cabinets and see what's going on. >> not just cabinets. aren't there other hot spots. >> medicine cabinet. kitchen, households appliances. garages, they are using inhalan

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that the younger you are, the easier it is to learn a language. jennifer mistrot shows us a program of kindergarteners speaking>>> reporter: this is the second day of miss wang's kindergarten class. the kids are jazzed. mandarin. jennifer mistrot shows us a program of kindergarten speaking mandarin. >>> reporter: this is the second day of miss wang's kindergarten class. the kids are jazzed. they are learning the world's most spoken language. it's the first year of the fremont school district's mandarin immersion program. >> in a nutshell, they are going to learn the culture. they are going to learn the language. and they are going to be educated in all the same standards. >> reporter: same course work any other california kindergartener gets except they will spend 90% of their classroom time counting, singing and speaking chinese. these mini language wizards are chosen by lottery and come from classes throughout the district. the goal is to create bilingual citizens. >> we're mexican and italian and just very mixed american family so as far as her knowing mandarin or knowing chinese

to bring? >> reporter: jennifer thomas is an english teacher who isn't looking forward to her five days off. but district employees decided to accept five furlough days in order to avoid lay offs. it amounts to almost a 3% pay loss. but for thomas the real loss is the crucial instruction time for students. in all, 1,200 nonteaching workers will be gone for good. >> we'll probably start to get a sense o that next summertime when we start to see our text results rolling in and thinking about the curriculum we didn't get to share are our students. >> reporter: students say that a week off sound pretty good, but not in terms of their education. >> you can't recover certain things like that. >> we have home work but we're going to be missing so much material that's available to us in class, we're talking to teachers and interacting with students. we have so much material to cover this year and it's going to be so hard to regain that when we come back. >> reporter: the district decided to go with five consecutive days because students have a series of uninterrupted weeks before and after the furl

american idol judge is j.lo. several entertainment news outlets are reporting that jennifer lopez has signed up to be the new american idol judge. j.lo has not confirmed that. >>> the giants, padres and ro our real national pastime? saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40%, having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise. so ask a neighbor about state farm, then call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. >>> mark joins joins us now with sports, barry zito just can't get a break. >> it's hard to pin anything on him tonight. but you remember 49ers fans used to have a quarterback as jebol, and the coach used to say, just enough to lose. and that's what they can say about zito today. hard to say who it is there that wants get cozy with posey. but whatever. giants one all night. juan uribe erro

. and that spokeswoman, i told you that i spoke to, jennifer allen, just arrived about 15 minutes ago. she told me that crews worked overnight to restore water service to 40 households and i spoke to one neighbor this morning. he told me his water was restored around 2:00 a.m. >> we are just going to bed and washing the dishes and water stopped, came outside, and the whole street was flooded. >> it stopped down the street, it happened about a week ago, too. i guess something is going on with the pipes. >> the contra costa water district crews will be out here for the rest of the day. we've been told this 8-inch water main is going to take until at least later today to be completely repaired. of course they have to patch the road. you can see a huge hole right here at morello, but for drivers coming through here and needing to get through the street, they were not allowed last night. they have one lane open this morning. we'll continue to update you on the situation, luckily there was no flooding to any of the residents overnight. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> well a m

when the district has lost $43 million in state funding, jennifer thomas says five days off isn't just time that can be made up later. >> will the kids learn what they need to learn? are we going to be told that we're not working hard enough if students aren't reaching the standards they need to reach on their year-end standardized test, are the students on breakfast and lunch going to get nutrition they need. >> reporter: along with the 32,000 students, 1800 teachers and 1200 classified non- teaching jobs are taking what amounts to a 2 1/2% pay cut? everybody is doing it not only for the kids because it's the money that we're that we're saving on our budget, but it's also we're doing it for each other, because it's saving jobs. >> reporter: everyone grease the ones that need to adjust the most is the students. >> i really need to interact with my teacher to get the perspective on the work because it's totally different when you get the teacher's perspective. >> i'm hoping we're not going to have to cram too much and have to accelerate to catch up where we mitts missed. >> reporter: t

most of the time. a jennifer miller watch. it's a little pricey. it's one of those pieces -- i didn't think i would like a big watch on me. i really like it. it's 300 bucks an can get it at jennifermillerjewelry.com. >> what about you and jennifer, people are talking. >> they should. it's a good deal. >> everything she does is beautiful. she does a lot for charity, too. what is your favorite thing. >> my favorite thing is this cargo eye lighter. you put this little -- you will hate me for shooting it, literally, you dab it on the inside of your eyes. i say it makes me feel like a princess. the words they use on the website is it lightens and brightens and makes your eyes look bigger. >> how come you get it and we don't? >> because i'm hoarding it. >> this is not the only one. >> and you can get murs from it. mursa. whatever you call it. if you put it on naked while you're in a gym. >> terrifying. >>> coming up, bobbie thomas, jill martin, the chef and all here. >> because they are among our favorite people and will be here with their favorite things. >>> celebrity breakups in the he

a difference. >> our first question is from skype from jennifer in utah. good morning, jennifer, what's our your question? >> my husband was recently diagnosed with a condition that results in a low sperm count. should we just give up hope and try to adopt? >> as a doctor i will never tell you to give up, but as a mother of an adopted child, that's a good route too. doctors look at the number of sperm in a microscope and deciding if there's enough to ovulate an egg and for men that's usually a sperm count of lower than 20 million, and it seems like already a lot. but those numbers matter and also the health of the sperm matter. so here are the things for your husband and for you to talk about and those are the simple lifestyle things, for instance, ann, things like cigarette smoking, drug use, exposure to pesticides, even hot tub use where the testicles can be warmed too much and that can reduce the sperm count. those simple lifestyle things matter. soi so i would say to you jennifer, absolutely do not give up hope, but lifestyle matters and also see an infertility specialist. >> infertilit

be benefit the tabloid moniker given to affleck and jennifer lopez his one-time financee. the ups and downs of their two- year relationship landed them on cover after cover. >> that really turned people off the ubiquity of it. it turned me off. >> do we know each other? >> not yet. >> reporter: gile their 2003 box office bomb didn't help. critics called it one of the worse films of the year. >> you don't tell me what to do, okayment don't tell me what we might do. don't tell me what we're supposed to do. don't tell me what we maybe should do. don't ever tell me nothing. >> that movie was supposed to end very differently but because we were in the papers a lot of time, change it. they have to end up together. people want to see them together. it's like, you know, head towards the experts. people want a colder. >> reporter: it put a temporary chill in affleck's career. but he had another goal in mind. >> action. >> reporter: directing his first film. the well received crime thriller gone baby gone starring his brother casey. >> it was scary. it was tough. you know, nothing good. i don't think

. it also appears that singer actress jennifer lopez, we call her jay-lo is in as the new american idol. several reports say she signed a 12 million dollar one year deal to be a judge on fox's hit tv show but american idol producers or even jay-lo have not confirmed it yet. we are still waiting to hear who will join her if she is there as one of the judges. >> i am excited. >> i am excited too. >> i think she will be a great judge. we will see. it is a fun show to watch -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- pink -- >> -- yeah -- >> -color -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- pretty good. northbound 280 up to highway 17 is moving along very well. sunol grade let's go there. traffic is getting busier on the way to the south bay. no major problems. driving in from the livermore valley red on our censors. back to the desk. >> 5:58. federal investigators arriving today at the san bruno disaster scene, they are taking the lead in the search what caused last week's gas line explosion, plus one of the top political leaders in the state will see the disaster for the first time.

a run against the dodgers. joe and jennifer montana trying to stay warm, cool and crisp out there tonight. smoke for the final out of the inning. bottom four. buster down the right field line. andre makes the catch! dodgers play great defense. scoreless into the 7th. against chad billings. giants up 1-0. in the eighth, runners at second and third for pablo sandoval. ground ball. he is safe. 2-0. brian wilson gave up a solo homer but the giants hold on for the victory 2. the padres lost troy, the fremont native did it all by himself. career high. 7 runs batted in. two hits. two three-run homers. this in the third takes colorado to a 5-1 lead. homers 22 and 23. the rocks beat san diego 9-6. the giants a half game out of first and a half a game out of the wildcard because atlanta lost. >>> rain delay of almost an hour with the a's and royals. second inning. a's leading 2-0. make it 3-0. over the stands in left field. trevor kale not happy with this at-bat. worked the full count and fouled off three pitches and then hit a grand slam. royals take a 4-3 lead. homering for the seco

and jennifer in their 25th year of marriage no less. runs hard to come by. the dodger right fielder robbing posey. that's a sensational catch to the back hand. posey, 2 for 3, 0-0 until the 7th. mike fontano with a broken bat, singled to center field. they score, 1-0, they had a crucial run in the 8th. huff, great all the way around today. good base running and defense, in there with a run they'd need because wilson, although getting his 43rd save in the 9th, gives up a homer, but the giants win 2-1, and scoreboard watching provides a pleasant view for giant's fans. thai low ways sky, two 3-run shots against the padres added an rbi single for 7 rbis, colorado over the padres 9-6. with the padres defeat and giants winning, they creep to a half game lead in the west and are as close in the wild card chase as the braves lose to the nationals, all around a solid day for the giants. they go against the dodgers again tomorrow night. big-league lesson for the young ace of the a's, even the kansas city royals are capable of coming back from a 3-0 deficit. figure this thing was in the books, first i

. 2-1. a sweaty palm and a guy who knows something about high- tension games on hand. joe and jennifer in their 25th year of marriage no less. runs hard to come by. the dodger right fielder robbing posey. that's a sensational catch to the back hand. posey, 2 for 3, 0-0 until the 7th. mike fontano with a broken bat, singled to center field. they score, 1-0, they had a crucial run in the 8th. huff, great all the way around today. good base running and defense, in there with a run they'd need because wilson, although getting his 43rd save in the 9th, gives up a homer, but the giants win 2-1, and scoreboard watching provides a pleasant view for giant's fans. thai low ways sky, two 3-run shots against the padres added an rbi single for 7 rbis, colorado over the padres 9-6. with the padres defeat and giants winning, they creep to a half game lead in the west and are as close in the wild card chase as the braves lose to the nationals, all around a solid day for the giants. they go against the dodgers again tomorrow night. big-league lesson for the young ace of the a's, even the kansas city ro

. aerosmith lead singer stephen tile you are and sick singer actress am jennifer lopez have been tapped to fill the two empty chairs. the long awaited announcement comes after months of rumors and anticipation about the show's new lineup. idol's newest members say they can't wait to get started. >> but this is such an iconic show. it's such a special year, ten years. it is just an amazing thing to be part of. i feel really lucky to be here. >> the next season of "american idol" begins in january right here on ktvu, channel 2 news. and for more on the next season of idol you can go to ktvu, channel 2 news. we have posted additional clips from ryan seacrest's big a i nounsment today. >> forbes magazine has received its annual list of america's richest residents. microsoft founder bill gates has retained his top spot at $54 billion. he is followed by the oracle of omaha warren buffett at $45 billion. larry ellison is next at $27 billion. facebook founder is the next most richest. he is also tied for the youngest on that list at 26- year-old. apple's steve jobs came in at $6.1 billion. >> t

at the judge's table. aerosmith lead singer stephen tile you are and sick singer actress am jennifer lopez have been tapped to fill the two empty chairs. the long awaited announcement comes after months of rumors and anticipation about the show's new lineup. idol's newest members say they can't wait to get started. >> but this is such an iconic show. it's such a special year, ten years. it is just an amazing thing to be part of. i feel really lucky to be here. >> the next season of "american idol" begins in january right here on ktvu, channel 2 news. and for more on the next season of idol you can go to ktvu, channel 2 news. we have posted additional clips from ryan seacrest's big a i nounsment today. >> forbes magazine has received its annual list of america's richest residents. microsoft founder bill gates has retained his top spot at $54 billion. he is followed by the oracle of omaha warren buffett at $45 billion. larry ellison is next at $27 billion. facebook founder is the next most richest. he is also tied for the youngest on that list at 26- year-old. apple's steve jobs came in at $6.1 b

are they asking us to write? >> reporter: jennifer thomas is an english teacher at high school who isn't looking forward to her five days off starting october 4th. but employees decided to accept 5 furlough days in order to avoid layoffs in a year when the district has lost $40 million in state funding. it amounts to almost a 3% pay cut but for thomas the reel loss is the crucial instruction time for students. in all, 32,000 students, 1800 teachers, as well as 1200 non- teaching workers will be gone next week. >> there is no good at all and in fact the damage to the students is probably incal que hasselbeck. we'll probably get a sense of that next summertime when we see the test results rolling in and thinking about the curriculum we didn't get to share with the kids at the end of the school year. >> reporter: students acknowledge having time off sounds good in some ways but not in the big picture of their lives. >> it's not easy because a lot of us have extracurricular activities that occur and where those are invaluable, you're no -- you can't recover certain things like that. >> we have homew

study that now says testing women in their 40s would reduce the risk of dying by 26%. dr. jennifer ashton will help us sort it out. >>> also ahead, what do lady gaga and the dall lay lla dall common? they're both on twitter along with about 100 million other people around the world. we'll have to twitter how-to lesson and show you why celebrities in particular love tweeting. >>> but first, we want to get the latest on that big storm all up and down the east coast today. dave price is in wilmington, north carolina. good morning, dave. >> good morning to you, maggie. this is what happens when you get 20 plus inches of rain over four or five days in a row. there's just nowhere for this water to go. and that's the big concern throughout north carolina and, indeed, up and down much of the mid atlantic states as we head through the next 24 hours. right now we broken all sorts of records. you can see the storm system combines the remnants of tropical storm nicole and low pressure system. as a result, a lot of moisture rolling up the eastern seaboard now severe weather is a tlit as well. t

't do it again. >> early show contributor, jennifer hartstein, a child and adolescent psychologist. good morning. >> good morning. >> is there a single most important thing to keep in mind when you're trying to discipline a child? >> you want to make sure that the punishment fits the crime. discipline is really different than punishment. you want to be able to teach while you're also setting limits. that's a really important component. you want to know your kid. know what's going to work and know what's meaningful and put it into play. >> know that a lesson is being learned as opposed to here is this punitive thing. >> punishment doesn't teach anything new. it tells people what to be afraid of. maybe they will be more secretive, hide out a little more. it's important in discipline to say this is the consequence, this is what you did. what can you do next time. >> absolutely an equation. can you apply that equation to a toddler? >> yes, absolutely. you can start -- and you have to start early. it's really important to start as young as you can letting your kids know what your expectations

in your kids' teeth. is there nothing you don't have to worry about these days? dr. jennifer ashton is here to tell us what we need to know, what to do about it this morning. we'll take care of those fears. first, we want to get to this incredible story of bravery. this past sunday a man's car burst into flames in northwest georgia. dan gloth would have died if not for some dedicated police officers. we're going to speak exclusively with dan and two heroes who saved him this morning. first, jeff glor with more on the story of that rescue. jeff? >> erica, those police officers are being called heroes this morning. when you see the video, you will see why. the dash cam video says 5:11 a.m. moments before sheriff's deputy chad phillips arrived at the scene of a horrifying accident. >> when i first arrived the flames were probably six, seven foot high. >> reporter: 56-year-old dan gloth was trapped inside his burning car. worried he'd never see his daughters again. his car filled with black smoke, making it impossible to see or breathe. he couldn't kick out the windows. what gloth didn'

of hollywoodlife.com and our medical corner dr. jennifer act shonn. bonnie, you, of course, covered the premiere. what were the reviews that you got from your reporter about michael douglas? >> he looked fantastic. i saw the pictures myself. he looked robust. he was strong. he didn't look in any way sick. the only thing is, he didn't talk much. he was protecting his voice. >> because, as we know, you know, they can lose their voice from all of the treatment, doctor, right? >> absolutely. it can affect your voice. it can cause hoarseness but the important thing is impact on his nutritional status because with any treatment radiation to the throat it not only kills cancer but it kills or damages the healthy tissue around there also. being able to swallow, being able to eat, being able to drink will all be impaired, and his nutrition will suffer, as anyone knows fighting a chronic illness you need good nutrition. that's going to be his major struggle. >> amazing that he turned out for this, considering what he's going through. >> he looked determined. he had said he wanted to walk the carpet. he's

of the cheers was too risque for young girls. jennifer and wayne tesch are with us along with their daughter kennedy and their son aiden. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> jennifer, remind our audience again of the lyrics to this cheer that you found so offensive and the first time that you heard it. >> the first time i heard it was a few weeks ago after my daughter came home from practice and she told me one of the cheers and the lyrics are, our backs ache, our skirts are too tight, we shake our booties from left to right. at that point i was just kind of in shock and right away, the next day i addressed it with the coach and the general manager of the wolverines. >> what did they say to you? >> at that time the general manager was kind of like, well, we have been doing it they way for years. that's the way it was going to be. the coach said she really doesn't have any power, she would take it to the general manager, she would like me to address it with the general manager, but since she doesn't have any of the power, we'll see what they say. they came back the following day a

. >> jennifer j.lo, mixed reviews, reportedly getting 12 $12 millia year and steven tyler, $16 million. they have to bring it. and i used to be a "american idol" fan and didn't watch it last season and thought it was kind of boring and this is how j.lo entered and attracts entrance. >> a nice silver jumpsuit. not everybody can pull that off. >> that's pretty cool. it should be interesting. >> should be. an interesting mix of people. >> we'll see who will be simon, the tough love character. can j.lo it? >> hand have the in-house mentor. >> and hot handbag for the cooler season, right after this. for dessert lovers. often, the best part of a meal is the dessert. but sometimes after a busy day and a heavy greasy dinner... my system needs some tlc. now there is something new. introducing activia dessert. rich, silky, smooth yogurt with desserty flavors like strawberry cheesecake, blueberry cheesecake, and peach cobbler. and because it's activia, it helps regulate my digestive system. mmm. works for me. ♪ activia new activia dessert. hey, little dude. "dinner's" my middle name. how 'bout

. >> jennifer grey's backstory. her "dirty dancing" screen test with patrick and her lost scene with swayze.in new york. is this helping him fight the effects of stage four cancer.

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